Diane Lesley-Neuman Junior Data Analyst Chicago, IL-Open to Relocation
ad3i72@r.postjobfree.com Telephone: +1-312-***-****; 312-***-****
Linked-In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/diane-lesley-neuman/
Portfolios: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/10zQGTCPNEoKCMxzFMVIXNUJgOkTsp3aQ?usp=sharing
https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/diane.lesley.neuman/viz/SnapProgramTrendsandFutureProspects/SNAPProgramTrendsandFutureProspects
Summary
Bilingual (Spanish) Data Analytics professional with background in Supply Chain Management, Finance, International Business Development, Credit, Banking, Area knowledge: USA, Europe, Latin America, Africa.
Tools and Skills
Microsoft Suite Descriptive Statistics Teamwork
SQL Inferential Statistics Salesforce
Tableau, Power BI A/B Testing Predictive Analytics
Python Data Visualization Customer Outreach
Recent Projects
SNAP Benefit 2005-2021: Proposed Improvements to Assistance and Outreach
Analyzed SNAP Program 2005-2021 by state and region in terms of Costs per Person and per Household, correlations with Cost of Living Index (COLI), proposing changes to improve effectiveness of social assistance:
Percentage increases and uniform rules changes to accommodate needs of homeless and severely marginalized to allow purchase of hot food service at supermarkets and other POS. Such changes increase ROI.
Alignment of the COLI and Total Costs for every region nationally. Tools: Tableau
Fleet Optimization for Revenue Enhancement: Lariat Rent-A-Car.
●Analyzed vehicle performance data and proposed strategies for revenue optimization for an overall net revenue increase of $13.2M (37.4%) annually. Strategies included:
Culling fleet by percentile rank performance and by model year.
Maintenance package optimization plan. Tools: Microsoft Excel, Powerpoint
Revenue Enhancement Strategies: The Basis for Continuous Improvement.
Analyzed HR workforce and compensation policies to craft a revenue enhancement strategy with a potential increase in net revenue of $340.3M (64.3%) over baseline. Tools: Microsoft Excel, Powerpoint
Southern Water Company: Maintenance Recommendations, Plant Efficiencies, and Price Elasticity.
Minimized revenue impact of scheduled quarterly maintenance, while comparing differential plant efficiencies.
Demonstrated economies of scale at production facilities, and product price elasticities. Tools: Microsoft Excel, Powerpoint
Selected Experience
OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS, LLC.
Analytics Consultant. 2021-Present
Diverse projects for local business and government in the following areas: Inventory Analysis, Public Benefits, Supply Chain, HR Compensation Strategies.
SPRINGBOARD SCHOOL OF DATA
Data Analytics Fellow (Remote learning). 2020-2022
Economic and financial analysis procedures and methods: problem statements, issue/value trees, HDEIP.
400+ hours, 1:1 mentoring, capstone projects, stakeholder relations and presentation techniques.
Database querying, report writing, data visualization, programming in languages essential to business.
Training module in predictive analytics for supply chain management.
TST EXPEDITE/GO TO LOGISTICS
Billing Analyst, River Grove, IL September, 2021 (Temporary Assignment)
Ensuring documentation for shipping, delivery, billing. Basic training in dispatch and tracking.
Recovery of $600 to $1200 hourly from unbilled and underbilled accounts.
FORTUNE FISH & GOURMET/LOBSTERGRAM
Continuous Improvement Assistant, Bensenville, IL 2019-2020
Shipping, receiving, data entry for warehouse storage and delivery of online orders.
Picking, packing, sanitation, quality control and customer care for high end food service and delivery.
Initiated the obtention of scarce PPE from international supplier known to me during emergency (early pandemic).
IMPL PROJECT
Enumerator, Analytics and Community Outreach. Chicago, IL 2019
Advised regarding data mapping, terrain, analytics, logistics for survey work regarding social issues affecting neighborhoods.
Carried out intensive face-to-face survey work with diverse populations facing security challenges.
MASTER CAPITAL SOLUTIONS
Client Business Development Specialist. 2016-2019.
●Underwriting of client business financial data to vet suitability for credit applications. Implementing KYC requirements.
●Financial research, portfolio presentations, bank negotiation, authoring letters of credit to back credit applications.
●Business development in international logistics, transportation and farming enterprises.
OTHER SUPPLY CHAIN EXPERIENCE
Temporary Assignments 2015-2019
Food processing industry: Greencore/Peacock Engineering, Ferrara Candy, Nation Pizza, Factor 75, Frito Lay, Koch
Manufacturing: Soap. Lotions, shampoos, plastics.
Mail/Packaging: UPS
Education
UNIVERSITY OF THE PEOPLE
2023-2025 Master in Business Administration
SPRINGBOARD
2021 Data Analytics Immersion Career Track
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER
MA Linguistics, 2007 GPA 3.70
UNIVERSITY OF AKRON
BA Spanish
Languages: English, Spanish (near native fluency), basic French, German, Swahili